The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-02
A Modest Maiden,

Said Seth Green, the fish culturlst
Il was trout fishing on Pine creek
Pennsylvania, below Smiths dam. Tn,
creek below the dam was about five rodi
across, and the bottom covered will
hard heads, from the size OF n goost
egg to barrel. The water was tire,
feet deep and ran Ike n mill tail. Aboul
ten rods below il ran into hole ter
feet deep, and whirled around like tho
whirlpool of Niagara There was ne
escape there for anybody if he was un'
lucky enough to get in, unless he was
very expert swimmer There were saw
horses placed across the creek and
planks fastened to them for Il foot
bridge. | had q twelve-pound basket
nearly filed when | saw an eighteen
year-old girl come on the bridge. When
she got to me / stepped on one OF the
sawhorses to let her pass. | watched
her as she continued and don't think
she had got more than thirty feet from
me before noticed that her head began
to swim. She gave one of those pecu.
liar screams such as is natural TO al
girls when in danger, tottered for an in.
slant and fell head foremost down
stream, and being buoycd up somewhat
by her clothing the swift current car.
ried her rapidly along toward the deer
hole. To drop my rod and jump into
the water was but the work of II second,
and made my way over the hard
heads in three feet of water rs fast as
| could. ] went down twice, but kept
going sud overlook her about fifty OF
sixty feet from where she went in, and
then began the struggle. grabbed
her and turned her around, and the first
thing she did was to clutch me with
one hand and push her clothing down
with the other, and when she had got
them below the surface we were both
taken off our feet and went slipping
and floating down. We went three
rods before ! gained footing. The
Girl must have been very fond Of me,
for | never got such n hugging IN my
life rs she gave me. | had MY trout
basket with the strap hung over my
shoulder. | kept swinging it around,
and it looked at one timo very much us
though we three would go into the
deep hole. Well, finally got a firm
foot-hold, and then had Il painful duty
TO perform. and that was 10 stop that
girl hugging mo and get her quoted
down so that she knew what she was
about. | told her that she must take
hold of her garments, and with both
hands raise them above the top OF the
water, or we never could get back to
the bridge against the current. plac-
cd her in front of me- and put nv arms
around her, and we went lock-stcp
back to the bridge. tell you, il was
n severe wrestle with the powders,
current and baske, OF fish, but we
reached there at last, and then contm-
ued the same step to the edge Of the
bridge ut which she came on. She
wouldn't consent TO 90 ashore unless |
turned may back. I'm old enough to
be your grandfather | said. i don
care, says she, and began to cry.
Dammit says ], swearing for. the
second time in my life And turned
round and stayed in the water while
she climbed out, arranged her skirts and
ran OF. There | stood, with my long
rubber boots filled with water, and wet
from head to foot. my fish half gone
out of my basket, and three miles be-
tween Inc and the hotel. - IWrh Field
and Farm